Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation Explained

Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation
Abbreviation:HKYAF
Nickname:‘YAF’
Formation:1993
Founder:Lindsey McAlister OBE
Founding Location:Hong Kong
Type:Non-profit
Headquarters:Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Key People:Wendy Tsang, Director
Website:https://www.hkyaf.com/

Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation (HKYAF) was established by Lindsey McAlister OBE, in 1993. It serves people in Hong Kong aged 5 to 25 years. It is one of the largest youth art organisations in the world.[1]

History

In 1993 Lindsey McAlister founded the Hong Kong Youth Arts Festival for people aged 5–25 to engage in multidisciplinary arts, regardless of their cultural background, language or ability. Her intention was that she “didn’t want anybody to have to pay for anything”,[2] so needed to find external funding to cover all expenses. Initially, unable to find a sponsor as she had no track record in Hong Kong, she took out a personal overdraft to cover the costs of the first two-week festival. McAlister sent a copy of the festival brochure to everyone she had approached for sponsorship, including Po Chung, the then-head of DHL (Asia). He got in touch with her, asking who her sponsor was. Hearing that McAlister was funding the whole enterprise herself, Po Chung gave her a cheque to cover the first festival's costs, and also paid for the following festival too.[3] [4]

After Chung’s donation, “word about the festival was spreading like wildfire” and other sponsors joined including Morgan Stanley, MTR Corporation, ABN Amro, Standard Chartered Hong Kong and Swire Properties.[5] The first two-week festival took place in 1994.[6]

HKYAF was located at the Hong Kong Arts Centre from 1995 until 2005 when it moved to its current location in Quarry Bay.[7] With the move, their facilities grew to include on-site rehearsal and workshop spaces.[8] In 2006 HKYAF was considered “the world’s largest arts programme for young people”, at which point 94% of participants were from 800 local schools, with most projects conducted in Cantonese.[9]

Funding and support

HKYAF is supported by corporate and private funding; it receives no direct funding from the government.[10] The first two festivals were supported by Business for Art,[11] which twinned the “commercial world with arts events.”[12] In 1995 Standard Chartered Hong Kong joined as the main sponsor. Long-term supporters of the foundation also include Hong Kong Jockey Club Charity Trust, the Kadoorie Charitable Foundation and Swire Properties.[13] Early patrons were David Tang, Lavender Patten[14] and Rita McAulay.[15]

International events

Early in its existence HKYAF took three productions to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe:

Social awareness

Over the course of its history HKYAF has run projects and events based on a variety of social and environmental issues, including:

Flagship events

Each year HKYAF runs approximately 100 events for visual, performing and literary arts.[24] Its two annual flagship events are a large-scale youth theatre production and Arts in the Park (formerly Arts in the Plaza), a two-day community arts event.

Theatre productions

Since 1998 HKYAF has produced an annual youth musical or drama, directed by McAlister. Locations for performances have included Hong Kong Arts Centre’s Shouson Theatre, the Queen Elizabeth Stadium, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, ArtisTree, the Fringe Club and Free Space, West Kowloon Cultural District.

YearTitleVenueNotes
1998Matilda[25] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre Created by McAlister. Music by Nick Harvey. McAlister secured the rights to Dahls’s work through David Tang’s friendship with the Dahl family.[26]
1998Godspell[27] St John’s Cathedral, CentralAdapted by McAlister
1999Matilda Venue 34 at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
1999West Side Story[28] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
1999The Magic Flute[29] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2000Grease[30] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2001Little Shop of Horrors[31] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2001The Secret Garden[32] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2002Bugsy Malone[33] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2003Blood Brothers[34] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2003The Wiz[35] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2004Footloose[36] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2005Fame[37] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2006Disco Inferno[38] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2007Insomnia Fringe Club, Central
2008Lear’s Daughters Fringe Club, Central
2009[39] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2009Storm in a Teacup Fringe Club, Central
2010Rent[40] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2011Spring Awakening[41] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2011The Story of a Girl Fringe Club, Central
2012Godspell[42] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2013A Chorus Line[43] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2014Oliver![44] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2015The Evil Within CIS Auditorium
2015Blood Brothers APA Amphitheatre
2016Rent Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2017Melodia[45] Queen Elizabeth StadiumWritten by McAlister. Music by Violaine Corradi and Rose Winebrenner
2017PROJECT AFTER 6: Cube Culture ArtisTree, Taikoo PlaceWritten by McAlister. Music by Nick Harvey
2018Fame[46] Shouson Theatre
2019If Not Me, Who?[47] ArtisTree, Taikoo PlaceWritten by McAlister. Part of Theatre Bites series. Music by Violaine Corradi
2020
  1. Hashtag[48]
Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre Written by McAlister
2021 Only a Girl[49] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre Written by McAlister
2022I’mperfect[50] Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre Written by McAlister
202324:7:365[51] The Box, West Kowloon Cultural District Written by McAlister
2023PROJECT AFTER 6: You Man Tai ArtisTree, Taikoo PlaceWritten by McAlister. Music by Nick Harvey

HKYAF’s annual Pull Back the Curtain series, showcasing local playwrights and actors, began in 2014.[52] It was started by local director Clare Stearns and was inspired by London’s National Theatre’s course for young playwrights.[53]

Standard Chartered Arts in the Park (AIP)

HKYAF produces the Standard Chartered Arts in the Park (AIP) annually. It is Hong Kong’s largest outdoor youth festival.[54] It began as a “small event in Southorn Playground in Wan Chai” in 1993[55] and 1994.[56] It was developed into Arts in the Plaza and has been held on Hong Kong island (except during the pandemic) every winter since 2001. The first location was Stanley Plaza with “only hundreds” of participants.[57] In 2008 it changed its name to Standard Chartered Arts in the Park, returned to Victoria Park, Causeway Bay and became a two-day event.

Year Name Location Date/s Theme
1995Arts in the ParkVictoria Park, Causeway BayNovember 1995[58]
1998Arts in the ParkVictoria Park, Causeway Bay1 November 1998[59] With the Standard Chartered Wiggly Squiggly Circus
2001Arts in the PlazaVillage Square, Stanley Plaza
2002Arts in the PlazaVillage Square, Stanley Plaza3 November 2002[60]
2003Arts in the PlazaVillage Square, Stanley2 November 2003[61]
2004Arts in the PlazaVillage Square, Stanley Plaza31 October 2004[62]
2005Arts in the PlazaVillage Square, Stanley Plaza30 October 2005[63]
2006Arts in the PlazaVillage Square, Stanley Plaza5 November 2006[64]
2007Arts in the Plaza CarnivalVillage Square, Stanley Plaza28 October 2007[65] The event also raised awareness of HIV/AIDS
2008Standard Chartered Arts in the Park Mardi GrasVictoria Park, Causeway Bay8 November 2008Including a Gulliver’s Travels themed parade with over 500 performers[66]
2009Standard Chartered Arts in the Park Mardi Gras[67] Victoria Park, Causeway Bay14 and 15 November 2009
2010Standard Chartered Arts in the Park Mardi GrasVictoria Park, Causeway Bay14 and 15 November 2010[68] Inspired by the elements: fire, earth, air, water and metal
2011Standard Chartered Arts in the Park Mardi GrasVictoria Park, Causeway Bay12 and 13 November 2011Inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland[69]
2012Standard Chartered Arts in the Park Mardi GrasVictoria Park, Causeway Bay17 and 18 November 2012Theme: Circus – A Feast for the Senses
2013Standard Chartered Arts in the Park Mardi GrasVictoria Park, Causeway Bay16 and 17 November 2013Theme: Gallery in Motion
2014Standard Chartered Arts in the Park Mardi GrasVictoria Park, Causeway Bay14 and 15 November 2014The theme was Defying Gravity[70]
2015Standard Chartered Arts in the Park Mardi GrasVictoria Park, Causeway Bay14 and 15 November 2015[71] A classical music theme including Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade and Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale
2016Standard Chartered Arts in the Park Mardi GrasVictoria Park, Causeway Bay12 and 13 November 2016[72] Inspired by the work of William Shakespeare
2017Standard Chartered Arts in the Park Victoria Park, Causeway BayInspired by the world of Roald Dahl
2018Standard Chartered Arts in the Park Victoria Park, Causeway Bay3 and 4 November 2018[73] Inspired by the Land of Oz. Featuring a night parade for the first time
2019CANCELLED
2020Standard Chartered Arts in the Park Online2 – 8 November 202010,000 art packs were distributed for online art activities
2021Standard Chartered Arts in the Park West Kowloon Cultural District6 and 7 November 2021Inspired by Peter Pan. Included a 5-day online programme
2022Standard Chartered Arts in the Park West Kowloon Cultural District Art Park[74] 3 and 4 December 2022Inspired by a Dickensian Christmas
2023Standard Chartered Arts in the Park Victoria Park, Causeway Bay2 and 3 December 2023Inspired by Saint-Saën’s The Carnival of the Animals

Notable visual projects

HKYAF has created many visual art events including:

Year Project Location
1996One thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine postcards[75] Gallery 7, Central, Adelaide Festival
1998Starry, Starry Night[76] Hong Kong Arts Centre
2001, 2002World of Words[77] Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2004Jockey Club Pop Art Made in Hong Kong[78] City Plaza, Festival Walk, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Pacific Place
2012Aedas Secret Spaces[79] Shek Kip Mei
2014 - 2016Ocean Art Walk[80] [81] Stanley Plaza
2017 onwardsHong Kong Urban Canvas – shop shutter art[82] Various
2019East Rail Line – Fun Fun Art[83]
2019Draw HK[84] PMQ, Central
2020-2023Jockey Club Project Silver Intergeneration Arts Project[85] Various

Notable collaborations

Over the course of 30 years, HKYAF has worked with both local and internationally recognised artists, educators and specialists, including:

The following are some of the organisations and businesses it has collaborated with:

Notable alumni

The following people attended HKYAF events as young people:

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Crafty bitch Lindsey McAlister chats HKYAF, community and original theatre . Natsuki Arita . thebeat.asia . 2023-12-30.
  3. Web site: Lindsey McAlister . . tatlerasia.com . 2023-12-30.
  4. Web site: Women who have made a difference No. 1 . Expat Living . expatliving.hk . 9 March 2020 . 2023-12-30.
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  6. Book: Daryanani, Renu . 1995 . Hong Kong 1995: A Review of 1994 . Government Information Services . Hong Kong . 384 . 962020154X.
  7. News: 1995-11-08 . South China Morning Post - Focus . Tony Chan . Keeper of the festival flame burns bright . 6 . Hong Kong .
  8. Web site: Hong Kong Youth Arts Founder on 25 years of creativity, nurturing potential and how schools' attitudes have changed . Rhea Mogul . scmp.com . 2 June 2018 . 2024-01-05.
  9. Web site: Doyen of youth arts . Andrea Li . scmp.com . 18 November 2006 . 2024-01-05.
  10. Web site: A passion for performance . . scmp.com . 21 July 2012 . 2024-01-05.
  11. Book: Daryanani, Renu . 1995 . Hong Kong 1995: A Review of 1994 . Government Information Services . Hong Kong . 384 . 962020154X.
  12. 9 September 1994 . Martin Snape . Putting their money where their mouths are . Window . Hong Kong . 17.
  13. Web site: Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation celebrates 25 years of exploration and organic growth in visual and performing arts . Robin Lynam . scmp.com . 19 May 2018 . 2024-01-05.
  14. October 1995 . Betty Caplan . Kids Corner . International Arts Manager . Huddersfield, UK . Muso Communications Ltd . 37.
  15. 10 November 1995 . Hilary Binks . Unqualified success . Window . Hong Kong . 31.
  16. News: 1997-08-14 . The Scotsman . . Hong Kong Youth Arts Festival . 69 . Edinburgh, UK .
  17. News: 1998-07-22 . Daily Record . . Hong Kong Youth Arts Festival . 65 . Edinburgh, UK .
  18. News: 1999-08-06 . The Scotsman . . 12 noon . 15 . Edinburgh, UK .
  19. Web site: Hong Kong youth dancers draw attention to smuggling of endangered pangolin with a powerful performance: Tipping the Scales . Kylie Knott . scmp.com . 30 August 2021 . 2024-01-05.
  20. Web site: Hong Kong Youth dancers draw attention to smuggling of endangered pangolin . Kylie Knott . scmp.com . 30 August 2021 . 2024-01-05.
  21. Web site: Hong Kong Youth Arts Founder on 25 years of creativity, nurturing potential and how schools' attitudes have changed . Rhea Mogul . scmp.com . 2 June 2018 . 2024-01-05.
  22. Web site: HKYAF's Lindsey McAlister on the importance of the arts . Karly Cox . tatlerasia.com . 2023-12-30.
  23. Web site: Crafty bitch Lindsey McAlister chats HKYAF, community and original theatre . Natsuki Arita . thebeat.asia . 2023-12-30.
  24. Web site: HKYAF and local students' Eco-art Installation turns trash into works of art. Ernest Leung . scmp.com . 5 June 2017 . 2024-01-05.
  25. Web site: HKYAF and local students' Eco-art Installation turns trash into works of art. Ernest Leung . scmp.com . 5 June 2017 . 2024-01-05.
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  27. Web site: Festival Comes of Age . SCMP reporter . scmp.com . 2 October 1998 . 2023-12-30.
  28. Web site: West Side Story . Katherine Forestier . scmp.com . 30 November 1999 . 2024-01-05.
  29. Web site: We're big, we're bright . SCMP reporter . scmp.com . October 1999 . 2024-01-05.
  30. Web site: Famous musical set to become box-office hit . Lee Wing-Sze . scmp.com . 21 November 2000 . 2023-12-30.
  31. Web site: What goes around comes around for foundation's Arts in the Plaza volunteer . Andrew Sun . scmp.com . 25 October 2007 . 2023-12-30.
  32. Web site: Slay them in the aisles . Kevin Kwong . scmp.com . 15 November 2009 . 2023-12-30.
  33. Web site: Hong Kong's youth say it from the art . Steve Cray . scmp.com . 26 October 2002 . 2023-12-30.
  34. Web site: All in the family . Clare Tyrell . scmp.com . 13 June 2003 . 2024-01-10.
  35. Web site: Wiz kids's slick production and strong voice lift HK Production . Steve Cray . scmp.com . 28 November 2003 . 2024-01-05.
  36. Web site: HKYAF makes the best of a bad show . Katherine Forrestier . scmp.com . 27 November 2004 . 2023-12-30.
  37. Web site: Crafty bitch Lindsey McAlister chats HKYAF, community and original theatre . Natsuki Arita . thebeat.asia . 2023-12-30.
  38. Web site: Slay them in the aisles . SCMP Reporter . scmp.com . 19 November 2006 . 2024-01-10.
  39. Web site: Slay them in the aisles . Kevin Kwong . scmp.com . 15 November 2009 . 2023-12-30.
  40. Web site: Old enough to know the score . Robin Lynam . scmp.com . 9 November 2010 . 2024-01-05.
  41. Web site: When art is a frisky business . Annemarie Evans . scmp.com . 20 November 2011 . 2024-01-05.
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  43. Web site: The Hong Kong Christmas Calendar . HK Magazine . scmp.com . 5 December 2013 . 2024-01-05.
  44. Web site: Crafty bitch Lindsey McAlister chats HKYAF, community and original theatre . Natsuki Arita . thebeat.asia . 2023-12-30.
  45. Web site: Out of this world: Hong Kong's young musical talent hits the big stage in new production Melodia . Robin Lynam . scmp.com . 25 April 2017 . 2023-12-30.
  46. Web site: Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation celebrates 25 years of exploration and organic growth in visual and performing arts . Rob Lynam . scmp.com . 19 May 2018 . 2024-01-05.
  47. Web site: Climate change, veganism, fast fashion tackled in bite-size theatre production by Hong Kong pair . Robin Lynam . scmp.com . 11 June 2019 . 2023-12-30.
  48. Web site: HKYAF's Lindsey McAlister on the importance of the arts . Karly Cox . tatlerasia.com . 2023-12-30.
  49. Web site: HKYAF's Lindsey McAlister on the importance of the arts . Karly Cox . tatlerasia.com . 2023-12-30.
  50. Web site: Crafty bitch Lindsey McAlister chats HKYAF, community and original theatre . Natsuki Arita . thebeat.asia . 2023-12-30.
  51. Web site: Latest musical from Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation, '24:7:365' sheds light on life with obsessive-compulsive disorder . Kelly Fund . SCMP.com . 19 October 2023 . 2024-01-09.
  52. Web site: HKYAF and the British Council pull back the curtain . . scmp.com . 26 May 2015 . 2024-01-05.
  53. Web site: Move over Shakespeare! . Young Wang and Laxmi Limbu . scmp.com . 17 June 2014 . 2024-01-05.
  54. Web site: Watch a giant puppet parade in Causeway Bay at the Arts in the Park festival . Anjali Muthanna . thehkhub.com . 2024-01-05.
  55. Web site: Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation celebrates 25 years of exploration and organic growth in visual and performing arts . Robin Lynam . scmp.com . 19 May 2018 . 2024-01-05.
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  68. Web site: Noticeboard . SCMP reporter . scmp.com . 7 November 2010 . 2024-01-05.
  69. Web site: Standard Chartered Arts in the Park Mardi Gras hits HK with classical music theme . John Kang . scmp.com . 28 August 2015 . 2024-01-05.
  70. Web site: Teamwork helps prepare the Arts in the Park parade for success . Annette Kim Na-yeon. scmp.com . 10 September 2014 . 2024-01-05.
  71. Web site: Standard Chartered Arts in the Park Mardi Gras hits HK with classical music theme . John Kang . scmp.com . 28 August 2015 . 2024-01-05.
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